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Events, Media & Communications

Katie Ireland, Senior Packaging Engineer With Experience Across Iconic Brands, Joins CRB

Katie Ireland, an industry-leading packaging expert with more than two decades of experience across iconic global brands including Starbucks, Kellogg, Ford Motor Company, Unilever, and Hershey has joined CRB as a senior packaging engineer.

Education

Revolutionizing Education: Navigating Digital Transformation in Higher Learning

Most higher education institutions are embracing digital transformation programs and building on the rapid progress that took place during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Juneteenth at Leidos

On June 19, 1865, roughly a quarter-million enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally set free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This moment in time released the shackles of oppression and provided a glimpse of hope for a promising future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Henkel's Sustainability Report 2022: Thriving Communities

We do everything we can to help people live better lives. Our social responsibility is to promote equity, strengthen diversity and respect human rights.

Health & Healthcare

3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2023 National Finalists

3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) today announced the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist) top 10 finalists.

Diversity & Inclusion

Key4Women Client Testimonial: Gina DiStefano, DiStefano Consulting Group, West Springfield MA

Key4Women supports the financial progress and empowerment of businesswomen through advocacy, connections, and guidance. Since 2005, Key4Women has been opening doors for women business owners and leaders, helping them meet their financial and business goals.

Diversity & Inclusion

MAC Cosmetics Honors Juneteenth Through Expanded Partnerships With Race Forward and Broadway League

As part of its longstanding commitment to racial equity, M·A·C Cosmetics honored Juneteenth by announcing that it is extending its partnership with Race Forward through a $100,000 USD donation from M·A·C VIVA GLAM.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Wellness: Get Living Healthy with HARMAN

Celebrated yearly in June, Global Wellness Day encourages people to recognize the value of living healthier and better lives by making small changes to improve their health and wellness. As people around the world adopt healthy habits – like walking each day, drinking more water.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Program Now Includes SCS Recycled Content Certification for Electrical and Electronic Equipment

SCS Global Services today announced that its new Recycled Content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment industries will qualify products for recognition under the Climate Pledge Friendly program on Amazon.

Innovation & Technology

Healthy Spaces Podcast Season 3, Episode 2: Homes of the Future

In this episode of Healthy Spaces with Trane Technologies, host Dominique Silva talks with three sustainable home innovators who are advancing the home experience for families and the planet.

Research, Reports & Publications

Chemours Shares Strong ESG Progress in Its Annual Sustainability Report

Chemours recently released its sixth annual Sustainability Report, outlining the company’s progress toward meeting its ESG targets.

Research, Reports & Publications

Points of Light Releases The Civic 50 2023 Honoree Insights & Benchmarking Report

Points of Light, the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to accelerating people-powered change, released The Civic 50 2023 Honoree Insights and Benchmarking Report. Now in its eleventh year

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Medtronic: By the Community, for the Community

Almost 200 employees in Mexico and the DR came together to give three schools a makeover in three days.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

USF Y Truist Foundation Lanzarán Un Programa De Certificación De Fabricación Inteligente En El Este De Tampa

University of South Florida (USF) y Truist Foundation están atendiendo las necesidades de talento y fuerza laboral de la industria manufacturera a través de un programa de certificación en el este de Tampa.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

USF and Truist Foundation to Launch Smart Manufacturing Certificate Program In East Tampa

With Truist Foundation’s support, USF is developing and will implement an “Introduction to Production Systems” certificate program to train the future manufacturing workforce in high-demand skillsets with the goal of enhancing the economic mobility of participants.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Seeing the Invisible: Emissions Reduction in Utah Earns Second Award for MPLX

Community leaders in northeastern Utah have honored an emissions reduction program of Marathon Petroleum’s midstream segment, MPLX, that targets leak emissions of methane.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Southern Company Gas Wins Top Industry Honors for National 811 Day Safe Digging Communications Campaign

In recognition of its efforts to promote safe digging near natural gas pipeline infrastructure, Southern Company Gas is honored to win the 2023 Southern Gas Association Corporate Communications Award.

Green Infrastructure

Transformation in Global Mobility

The Fourth Industrial Revolution continues to change every aspect of the automotive industry as we know it, from how we invest in research and development, to the way we track our carbon footprints and to how consumers pay for and use their vehicles.

Environment

Ceres Commends the ISSB on Finalizing Its Comprehensive Sustainability and Climate Disclosure Standards

Ceres welcomes the announcement today that the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has finalized its first two sets of reporting standards, one for general sustainability and the other for climate-related reporting.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bread Financial Associate Creates Kindness on the Corner: Pride on High

This past Saturday, Bread Financial served as a sponsor of both the parade and Pride on High, and as associates marched down High Street, they showed their support for both the LGBTQ+ community and their colleague, who turned an empty patio into a celebration of kindness.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Bloomberg Reflection on 75 Years Since Windrush

In 1948, HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks in England, bringing more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean. This was a historic moment that saw mass migration and shaped modern Britain. June 22, 2023 marks its 75th anniversary.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Easterseals Announces Two-Year Grant of $1.3M From the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

Easterseals, the nation's leading nonprofit provider of services and advocacy for 61M individuals with disabilities in the United States, has received a two-year grant of $1.3M from the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GoDaddy’s 2022 Sustainability Report: Our Operations – Honest and Ethical Conduct

At GoDaddy, our honest and ethical culture starts at the top, with our Board of Directors, our Chief Executive Officer and our leadership team. We believe we are responsible for earning and maintaining the trust of our stakeholders and promoting a culture of honesty.

Events, Media & Communications

New York State’s Common Fund and ESG Principles at Work

And as described in our Top Story below, New York is positioned as a power center for promoting responsible ESG practices through its sustainable investment and activism, led by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Notes Programs Available for First-time Homebuyers

Fifth Third's Community Mortgage aims to make homeownership more accessible to more people. Low-income families often face multiple barriers to buying a home, with saving for a down payment and paying for closing costs at the top of the list.

Latest Campaigns

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  5. Enriching Women's Lives
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  8. Climate Stabilization
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  9. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
    The vision of Paris 2024 Paris 2024 will see a new vision of Olympism in action, delivered in a unique spirit of international celebration. We will...
  10. Economic Growth
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  12. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...
  13. Recognition of our Company
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  14. Cascale Governance
    Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...
  15. First Responder Programming
    At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...